More reaction to the issue of fake grass or real grass at Alliance Bank Stadium:

Sean,

Matt Michael's article states that the Blue Jays want the
SkyChiefs to install FieldTurf because that is what
they play on. Has anyone ever confirmed this with
Toronto? I would be surprised if Toronto actually
cared.

The argument goes that Toronto wants its future
players to play on a similar surface. I'm not sure I
believe that. With the numerous trades and free agency
in MLB, I'm sure there is a good percentage of Toronto
players who have never played more than the occasional
road game on FieldTurf prior to showing up in Toronto.

Furthermore, with only a few FieldTurf stadiums in
MLB, Toronto is still playing nearly half its
games on grass. Also, has there ever been some
statistically proven advantage to being familiar with
FieldTurf? In other words, are the fielding
percentages of those with FieldTurf experience
significantly better than those without it? If it is
so important, maybe they should insist that Auburn and
(Toronto's) other affiliates install it as well?

To me, there no real advantage to Toronto of having
FieldTurf in Syracuse. Because of that, I would hope
that our leaders would take into account what really
matters - that our community wants grass.